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U.S. livestock: Beef quotes send CME live cattle higher

By GFM Network News January 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday gained after triggering buy stops, spurred by the morning’s wholesale beef price rebound, traders said. Firmer wholesale beef values stirred bull spreads, in which traders bought February futures and simultaneously sold deferred months. February live cattle finished 1.175 cents/lb. higher at 124.725 cents […] Read more

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U.S. feedlot cattle placements bigger than expected

By GFM Network News December 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers drove 13.9 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots in November than the same time a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result exceeded the high end of the range of analysts’ forecasts, partly fueled by low feed prices in the wake of this fall’s […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Consolidation lifts CME live cattle ahead of USDA report

By GFM Network News December 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday closed higher, after consolidation and short-covering ahead of Friday’s U.S. government cattle report helped the market recoup some recent losses, traders said. Analysts, on average, expect the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report at 11 a.m. CT to show […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Supply worries knock down CME feeder cattle

By GFM Network News December 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle sank on Wednesday to a four-month low, hit by a selloff in live cattle futures as well as expectations for increased supplies, said traders. “You’ve got this cattle report coming out on Friday, and everybody says placement numbers are going to be up,” said JRS Consulting […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Softer cash prices weaken CME hogs

By GFM Network News December 19, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Tuesday were weakened for a second day in a row as ample supplies pressured cash prices, said traders. Fund sales and sell stops exerted more pressure on CME hog contracts, they said. February hogs finished down 0.5 cent/lb. to 66.9 cents, and below the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip on softer cash, beef prices

By GFM Network News November 17, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday reversed some of Wednesday’s gains, led by weaker cash and wholesale beef values, traders said. Some market participants tweaked positions before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report. “We saw a small rally yesterday, and a steady opening today, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, cash prices drop CME hogs

By GFM Network News October 23, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking following the morning’s cash price drop, traders said. December hogs finished 1.325 cents/lb. lower at 63.525 cents, and February ended 0.875 cent lower at 68.225 cents (all figures US$). Some investors sold futures after analysts predicted a 480,000-plus head […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. September cattle placements surge

By GFM Network News October 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in September drove 13.5 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots than the same month a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result topped analysts’ average forecasts and hit its highest level for the month in six years. “The good news for the consumer is […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report

By GFM Network News October 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Friday, helped by short-covering and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday at 2 p.m. CT, said traders. They said that with December futures slated to be the new lead month following October’s expiration, investors periodically […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble in reversal on technical selloff

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News October 17, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell about two per cent in a technical selloff on Tuesday, easing from an earlier two-month high in a reversal that could portend further declines, traders and analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures each dropped to the lowest levels in about two weeks […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Beef quotes send CME live cattle higher

U.S. feedlot cattle placements bigger than expected

U.S. livestock: Consolidation lifts CME live cattle ahead of USDA report

U.S. livestock: Supply worries knock down CME feeder cattle

U.S. livestock: Softer cash prices weaken CME hogs

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip on softer cash, beef prices

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, cash prices drop CME hogs

U.S. September cattle placements surge

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble in reversal on technical selloff

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